Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant native to Europe, Asia, and northwestern Africa. It is widely used as a model organism in plant genetics. Arabidopsis is a member of the mustard (Brassicaceae) family, which includes cultivated species such as cabbage and radish.
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It was the first plant genome to be sequenced, completed in 2000 by the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative.[1] The most up-to-date version of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome is maintained by The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR).[2]
Much work has been done to find out what its 27,000 genes and 35,000 proteins do.[3]Arabidopsis is a popular tool for understanding the molecular biology of many plant traits, including flower development and light sensing.
Arabidopsis Thaliana Media
Original Description*A. Rockentrav, Turritis glabra L. B. Backtrav, Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Schur.
Scanning electron micrograph of a trichome, a leaf hair of A. thaliana, a unique structure made of a single cell
A double-flower mutant, first documented in 1873
Chloroplast genome map of A. thaliana: Introns are in grey. Some genes consist of 5′ and 3′ portions. Strand 1 and 2 genes are transcribed clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively. The innermost circle provides the boundaries of the large and small single-copy regions (LSC and SSC, violet) separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRa and IRB, black).
The ABC model of flower development was developed through studying A. thaliana.
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References
- ↑ The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative. Analysis of the genome sequence of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature 408 (6814) (2000). p. 796–815. doi:10.1038/35048692.
- ↑ TAIR - genome annotation.
- ↑ Integr8 - A. thaliana genome statistics.